- Bryan Pringle
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name = Bryan Pringle
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birthdate = birth date|1935|1|19|df=y
location = Glascote,Staffordshire
deathdate = death date and age|2002|5|15|1935|1|19|df=y
deathplace =London
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yearsactive = 1960–2002
spouse = Anne Jameson (1958–1999)
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tonyawards =Bryan Pringle (
19 January 1935 -15 May 2002 ) was a long serving British actor who appeared in television, film and theatre productions throughout a career which spanned almost four decades. Pringle is best remembered for playing Barker in the "Inspector Morse " episode "Deceived by Flight" in 1989, and as a friend ofEddie Royle 's in "EastEnders " in 1991.While much of his TV career was as a character actor, he also appeared in many films, beginning with the 1960 "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning". He was a regular in director
Ken Russell 's work, commencing with the part ofCharles Pooter in "Diary of a Nobody ", made forBBC 2 , in 1964. He continued to be cast in many independent films, such as "Brazil" and "Drowning By Numbers ". He played Len Wiles, the adoptive father ofTerry Wiles in theBBC drama 'On Giant's Shoulders' [1979] .Born in
Staffordshire but raised in theLancashire town ofBolton he trained at theRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art inLondon . In 1958, he married character actress Anne Jameson, together they had two children. She died in 1999.He officially opened the first Meadows Festival in
Edinburgh in 1975.Television roles
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